Extension-table.



EATENTED JUNE 0, 1003.

' G. E. Woon.. EXTENSION TABLE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAB..11, 1903.

N0 MODEL. y

Wl TNE SSE S.' /N VEN TOI? Patented June 9, 1903.

GUS H. WOOD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,859, dated June 9,1903.

Application filed March 11, 1903. Serial No. 147,287. (No model.)

equal to the width of the leaf and which rests upon strips E,'several ofwhich are secured to the lower edge of the center slide-rail and extendparallel with the leaves. Located between the said blocks and theslide-rails and extending parallel therewith are two strips F and I-I,which are supported by the strips E, to which they are secured. Theupper edge of the strips F are of such height as to be level with thetop of the central section of the leaf when the latter is not in use.The strips H are of the same height as the sliderails and have theirupper inner corners curved or beveled, as shown in Fig. 4. When thefolding leaves are out of use and lie within the frame of the table,they are level with or below the top of the slide-rail, so that thefixed or permanent portions of the table-top may be drawn or pushedtogether above the folded leaves. To unfold the leaves after the fixedportions of the table -top have been drawn apart, the inner ends of theend sections of the leaves are raised upwardly, and when in aperpendicular position the hinged portion rests upon the top of thestrip F, and when pushed outwardly they roll or ride over the beveledsurface of the strip H until they assume their extended and horizontalposition level with the fixed portions of the table- To all whom if mayconcern,.-

Be it known thatl, GUS I-l. WOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Extension-Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inextension-tables of the character hereinafter described; and the objectof my improvements is to provide extension-leaves made in sections whichmay be folded together within the frame of the table so that they willlie underneath the fixed top thereof when not in use instead of beingremoved therefrom and so they may be readily unfolded and form a part ofthe table-top when it is desired to extend the table. I attain these andother objects by means of the form, arrangement, and combination f partsillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a topplan view of my improved fable in a closed or non-extended relation.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of same extended, showing one leaf folded andone unfolded and inoperative position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thetable with the unfolded leaf removed therefrom. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsectional View taken on the line 4- 4 of Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale,and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the folding leaves and the supplementalframe removed from the table.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A represents the legs of the table,B the extensionslide-rails, and C the two portions of the table-topwhich are permanently secured to the frame.

The parts thus far enumerated are of the character in general use inordinary extension-tablesand form no part of my invention proper, whichis designed to be applicable to any of the well-known forms ofextension-tables. Y

D represents the central section of the threepart folding leaves, and d'the end section of same, which are hinged to the central section withsuitable hinges, as d2, so that the end sections may be folded inwardlyupon the central section. Secured to the under side of the centralsection of the folding leaf at each end thereof is a 4block cl3, whichin length is top. In the inner edges and near the end of the fixedportions of the iop of the table are arranged spring-bolts K, whichproject so as to engage openings 11, which are preferably formed in ametal plate L, secured to the adjacent edges of the folding leaves, thusinterlocking the adjacent edges of the movable and fixed leaves togetherwhen the former are in use. The blocks d3, being secured to the centralsection of the foldable leaf, raise with it when the leaf is unfoldedand prevent the endwise movement thereof,since the lower edge of theblocks always extend below the upper edge of the strips F.

M M represent strips of wood secured to the ends of the strips Fand Hand prevent the sidewise movement of the leaves when folded within thesupplemental frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by 'Letters Patent, is

l. In combination with an extension-table, a supplemental frame securedwithin the ta- ICC ed when unfolded to ride over and be'sup-Y ported onthe beveled side rails.

2. In combination With an extension-table,

" a supplemental frame secured Within the table-frame and having fixedbeveled side rails parallel with the slide-rails of said tableframe,foldable leaves composed of hinged sections adapted when folded to liewithin and be supported by the supplemental frame, and adapted whenunfolded to ride over the beveled slide-rails, and means forinterlocking the adjacent edges of the unfolded leaves and the fixedportions of the table-top.

3. In combination with an extension-table, a supplemental frame securedWithin the table-frame, and having fixed beveled side rails parallelwith the slide-rails of said tableframe, foldable leaves composed ofhinged sections adapted when folded to lie within and be supported bythe supplemental frame, and adapted when unfolded to ride over thebeveled side rails and be supported by the slide-rails, spring-boltsarranged in the inner edges and near the outer ends of the fixedp0rtions of the table-top, and adapted to engage side rail and besupported by'the` openings in the adjacent edges of the outer sectionsof the folding leaves.

4. In combination with an extension-table, a supplemental frame securedWithin the table-frame, and comprising beveled side rails, ythe strips Eand M and the side rails F, foldable leaves composed of hinged sectionsadapted when folded to lie within and .be supported by the supplementalframe,and adapted when unfolded to ride over the beveled side rails andbe supported by the frame of the table.

5. In combination with an extension-table, asuppleinental frame securedwithin the table-frame and having beveled side rails, foldable leavescomposed of three hinged sections adapted when folded to lie within andbe supported by the su pplelnental frame,and adapted when unfolded toride over the beveled side rails and be supported by the tableframe,blocks secured to and depending from the under side of the ends of thecentral sections of the leaves, and adapted to prevent the endwisemovement of the said leaves.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GUS H. WOOD.

Witnesses:

O. K. TREGO, .I E. PETERSON.

